Exodus 21:33
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If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,

Psalm 9:15 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

Psalm 119:85 The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.

Proverbs 28:10 He that deceiveth the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods.

Ecclesiastes 10:8 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Jeremiah 18:20,22 Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them. . . .

Context
Laws about Restitution
33If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,34The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.…
Cross References
Exodus 21:32
If he assault a bondman or bondwoman, he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

Exodus 21:34
The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.

Lexicon
If
וְכִֽי־ (wə·ḵî-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a man
אִ֜ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

opens
יִפְתַּ֨ח (yip̄·taḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

or
א֠וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

digs
יִכְרֶ֥ה (yiḵ·reh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open

a pit
בֹּ֖ר (bōr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 953: A pit, cistern, well

and fails
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to cover it,
יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ (yə·ḵas·sen·nū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

and an ox
שּׁ֖וֹר (šō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera)

or
א֥וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

a donkey
חֲמֽוֹר׃ (ḥă·mō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2543: A male ass

falls
וְנָֽפַל־ (wə·nā·p̄al-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

into it,
שָׁ֥מָּה (šām·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither


Additional Translations
If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,

And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,

-- And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass shall fall into it;

"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

'And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, --
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